A former American counter-terrorism specialist and military intelligence officer of the CIA says there is a possibility of nuclear exchange between the United States and Russia but the threat of war with China is also rising.
Philip Giraldi made the remarks in a phone interview with Press TV on Friday while commenting on a statement by former CIA deputy director Michael Morell who said a nuclear war with Russia, a biological weapons attack and climate change are the existential threats the United States is facing.
Morell warned the United States was failing to pay attention to longer term issues, and said nuclear exchange with Russia was still a threat that had the capacity to “destroy” the US.
“The second is a naturally occurring or man-made biological agent that kills 60 to 70 per cent of the population,” he said. “We don’t spend enough time on that.”
“And then the third, and some people may laugh at this but it’s…